Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Certified diamonds

When I was still working, I met this lady, a public relation officer in a government agency. The amiable woman has a large collection of customized jewellery. She goes to work sporting a different set of earrings, bracelet and necklace every day. But she only wears them while inside the office premises for fear of…

Last phase of the project

We just submitted the 2nd batch of the project to our contact yesterday. I’m the last one who submitted my file to think that the file assigned to hubby was twice bigger than mine. Sigh. There’s just one word to it, procrastination. I can’t focus on my job without opening my email, or peek at…

Forgetful

Oh dear. My being so forgetful is getting worse each day. While I’m doing my translation job I find it difficult to remember the Tagalog translation for some simple English words that I’m repeatedly using all throughout the project. The project requires us to strictly follow the glossary provided for us. What is happening to…

Peek

Here’s the screen shot of the  job that I’m telling you about. The current cause of my eye bags and pimples due to sleepless nights. hehe…still thankful though…

Old toys

Remember these toys? These are the same toys that I’ve already placed inside a sack and plastic bags last October. I made a post about it here.  My kids have planned to sell them to the kids in the neighborhood. They were supposed to raise their own money for Christmas. But for unknown reason, the…

Project delay

I was expecting my friend to call me yesterday regarding the project (Microsoft localization). She said she will send me the style guide and glossary as basis for the project. I’m still waiting for her communication until now. I’m not sure if it’s a sign of another delay. But we are all targeting May 3,…

Enrolment woes

Opening of classes is the time of the year when parents normally get excited and apprehensive at the same time. They get excited because their kids will be entering a new phase in their lives as a student. They feel anxious if there are reports of tuition hike and increase in prices of school supplies….